Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings on Craig Ferguson, Jay Leno + watch videos

Following last week's visit to The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings continue to bring a strong dose of vintage soul to late night this week, with their appearance on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson last night (Tuesday, June 29th).

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This is the band's seventh late night appearance surrounding the release of their critically acclaimed fourth album, I Learned The Hard Way [Daptone Records], following spots on Letterman, SNL, The Colbert Report and more.

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About I Learned The Hard Way:

I Learned The Hard Way was produced by Bosco Mann and recorded on an Ampex eight-track tape machine by Gabriel Roth in Daptone Records' House of Soul studios.

This record drips with a warmth and spontaneity rarely found since the golden days of Muscle Shoals and Stax. Sharon's raw power, rhythmic swagger, moaning soulfulness, and melodic command set her firmly alongside Tina Turner, James Brown, Mavis Staples, and Aretha as a fixture in the canon of soul music.

From the lush Philly-Soul fanfare that ushers in "The Game Gets Old" at the top of the record, to the stripped down Sam Cooke-style "Mama Don't Like My Man" at the tail, the Dap-Kings dance seamlessly through both the most crafted and simple arrangements with subtlety and discipline. I Learned The Hard Way is the "Daptone Sound" at its finest.

I Learned The Hard Way Track List:

1 The Game Gets Old
2 I Learned The Hard Way
3 Better Things
4 Give It Back
5 Money
6 The Reason
7 Window Shopping
8 She Ain't A Child No More
9 I'll Still Be True
10 Without a Heart
11 If You Call
12 Mama Don't Like My Man

Watch Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings' "She Ain't A Child No More" on The Colbert Report

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